$3500 ruling......big mistake

[Jim Giacchi]

Originally posted by HolyMasamune
And take into the consideration that some teams may be dishonest and not list everything that they received/spent money on. For example, if a team bought 100 feet of aluminum, messed up with 40 feet, and used 60 feet on the robot, they could write it as 60 feet of aluminum.

Wrong, that's what you are supposed to do. If you only use 60 feet of it on your actual robot then you are only supposed to record the 60 feet you use. Same with plate or bolts. If you only use 12x12 of a 24x24 inch plate then you only have to charge yourself 1/4 of the purchase price. It clearly states that in the rules.

Also, FIRST can't count all the nuts and bolts on the robot, which makes it more of a problem for the honest teams and let the dishonest teams get away with their deeds.

This is true , but you just have to trust that they won't.